NC Senate Maneuvers Again to Keep Public Records Bill Alive
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina Senate Republicans have used another parliamentary...
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Vaccine Inequity Comes Into Stark Focus During UN Gathering
Written by PIA SARKAR The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution will come into sharper focus...
Read MoreTensions Grow as US, Allies Deepen Indo-Pacific Involvement
Written by DAVID RISING With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. and...
Read MoreMideast in Shambles, but the World Has Moved on for Now
Written by ZEINA KARAM There was a time not long ago when uprisings and wars in the Arab world topped the agenda at the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York. With most of those conflicts in a stalemate, the world’s focus...
Read MoreUS Special Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions
Written by JOSHUA GOODMAN and MATTHEW LEE The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting “inhumane” large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural...
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Late NC Political Giant Basnight Remembered by Ex-Colleagues
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Former colleagues of the late Senate leader Marc Basnight gathered...
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‘The Future Is Raising Its Voice’: A Dire Mood at UN Meeting
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER Racism, climate change and worsening divisions among nations and...
Read MoreBiden to Double US Global Donation of COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
Written by ZEKE MILLER President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world up to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of...
Read More‘My Whole Life in a Van’: Islanders Flee Spanish Volcano
Written by ARITZ PARRA A wall of lava up to 12 meters (40 feet) high bore down on a Spanish village Wednesday as islanders scrambled to save what they could before the molten rock swallowed up their homes following a volcanic...
Read MoreOfficials: Many Migrants From Border Camp Staying in US
Written by ELLIOT SPAGAT, MARIA VERZA and JUAN A. LOZANO Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said, undercutting the Biden administration’s public...
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